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In 2020, a viral video showed Vaughn chatting with Trump at the national championship football game.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025 -
How to Watch WrestleMania 41: Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025 Time: 7:00 PM ET Stream: Peacock (WATCH NOW) Night One of WrestleMania 41 features a number of fantastic championship matches, with the main event being a triple-threat match between superstars Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, and CM Punk.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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Golden faced, and beat, his mentor on April 5 as Florida topped Auburn in the semifinal.—
Ben Sales,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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Even so, the Gators shocked the Tigers in Saturday’s semifinals of the Final Four after overcoming a nine-point deficit in the second half.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Cavs, who won 48 games last season and were predicted by most oddsmakers to do about the same in this campaign, would now host a deciding Game 7 in an Eastern Conference finals against the Celtics, or, for that matter, any other team that gets there instead.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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In their first postseason appearance since losing the top overall seed to LSU, No. 2 Oklahoma cruised to a dominant win in their regional final, posting a massive 198.450.—
Caroline Price,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The incident happened in the 15th minute of the Barcelona derby on February 9 when León and Caracas were jostling for position in the penalty area.—
Matias Grez,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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This week Liverpool suffered a rare league defeat on Sunday, beaten 3-2 at Fulham in a match where Salah was kept quiet for the second time in a week after the 1-0 derby win against Everton.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Play-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/play-off. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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